The Immigration Act of 1965 marked a dramatic shift in policy and one with major long term consequences for the volume … and composition of immigration to the United States. Here we explore the political economy of a reform that has been … overshadowed by the Civil Rights and Great Society programs. We find that public opinion was against expanding immigration, but it …

greater engagement of Hispanics in national politics has occurred after unprecedented growth in interior immigration … over the 2008-2018 decade, we find evidence of intensified immigration enforcement suppressing Hispanics' willingness to …

immigration, an increase in anti-immigrant rhetoric, and the vilification of minorities. This in turn has the potential to lead to …. This paper uses census data on two cohorts of 5th grade Italian students to estimate the causal effect of anti-immigration … Nord, a far-right party, with a strong anti-immigration platform. We demonstrate that in municipalities where elections …